Bath curtain guard



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.3. A. HOEGGER, SR

BATH CURTAIN GUARD Filed April 22, 1936 {f lf mink.

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Patented July 28, 1936 GUI) Joseph A. Hoeggor, Sr., North rgen, N. 3.

Application April 22, 1938, Serial No. 75.667

Shower bath curtains are usually suspended A from a horizontal rod bymeans oi a plurality of rings. The rings are freely slidable along therod, permitting the curtain to be extended along the rod to enclose thealcove or to be folded at one end of the rod. Curtain suspensions ofthis.

type are unsatisfactory in that they do not retain the edges of thecurtain against the walls oi the shower bath alcove, thereby allowingthe shower water to splash around the curtain and onto the ilocr ci kthebathroom.

To provide a satisfactory means of holding a shower bath curtain alongone Ivertical edge, and overcoming the undesirable splashing, thepresent invention includes a simple, easily-installed guide member inwhich one edge oi a shower curtain may be releasably held, permittingeasy removal of the same, and yet edectually preventing the edge oi thecurtain from separating from the wall. susceptible to conforming to anytype of wall decoration, is attractive in appearance, and may be readilyinstalled in connection either witha bathtub shower or a shower alcoveor stall.`

For a better understanding oi the invention reference may be had to theaccompanying draw ing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of my improved shower bath curtain guard installed foruse with a bathtub shower.

Fig. 2 is an.elevation oi a section oi my guard.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line i of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a modiiled shape of guard, and

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a further modication.

'I'he construction disclosed in Figs. 2 and 3 ccnsists of `a rectangularelongated channel member 2 having a narrow longitudinal slot 8. theedges 4, B adjacent the slot 8 being provided with beads 8 and Il),-respectively, to avoid cutting of the shower curtain I2. -The curtainI2, in the preferred embodiment is provided with a beaded edge I,produced Vby lapping the edge of the curtain i2 around a cord or ropeI8. and stitching the free end to the curtain as at' I8. The beaded edgeI4 produced is of sumcient thickness that it cannot pass between beads 8and I@ of the The construction of my device renders it channel member 2.The same result may be achieved by attaching a series of enlargediittings, such as balls or rods. to the edge of the curtain I2.

' The wall of the channel member 2, opposite slot 8, may be providedwith screw holes 20, and the edges d, 6 may be provided with notches 22bpermitting insertion of the screws 23 into the apertures 20.

The channel member 2 is preferably installed along one wall ci theshower bath alcove, as shown in Fig. 1, and is oi such length that itextends from about six inches above the tub 2d -to about three'inches blow the rod 26. In this way the curtain may b swung either into or outof tub ad and may be inserted into or removed from the channel 2, eitherfrom the tcp vor from the bottom.

In Fig. 4 is disclosed a modiilcation of the crosssectional shape of theguard. The channel member 82 in this construction is substantiallycylindrical with a flattenedwall-engagingportion 36, provided withscrewapertures 38 and an axial slot 39. donned by beaded edges t0, t2.

Fig. 5 discloses a furthermodication oi' the 25 guard consisting or adat base portion 50. having converging reversely curved walls 52, 5ttheopposing edges being beaded as at 68 and E8.

In all of the forms shown, the beaded edge of the shower curtain I2 isretained rmly in the 30 guard so that it cannot be pulled out duringnormal use of the shower bath. The curtain I2 may n win be understoodthat the' foregoing ons many other variations may be made in theinvention described, all falling within the scope of the invention asdefined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a shower bath curtain guard, the combination of an elongatedmember adapted to v be secured to a wall, and spaced anges along thesides of the member defining a narrow lon gitudinal slot for thereception of the enlarged lateral edge oi a shower bath curtain.

2. Ina shower bath curtain guard. the combination of an elongatedchannel member adapted to be secured to a wall, inwardly turned lat-4nal slot for receiving the enlarged lateral edge of a shower bathcurtain, and meansior securing said member to a wall.

3. In a shower bath curtain guard, the combination of an elongatedchannel member having apertures therein for receiving attachingmeans tosecure the member to a wall, converging sides on the channel-memberdefining a narrow longitudinal slot for receiving the lateral edge of ashower bath curtain, and beads on the edges of said sides. A

4. In a shower bath curtain guard, the combination of an elongatedchannel member adapted to be secured to a wall. lateral iianges on themember deining a narrow longitudinal slot tor receiving the enlargedlateral edge o! a shower bath curtain, said member having Aaperturesopposite the slot for receiving fastening means to secure it to thewall, and beads along the ,edges of the anges.

5. A guarded shower bath curtain installation, comprising an elongatedchannel member secured to a wall, flanges on the sides thereof forming aslot extending throughout the length of the member, a shower bathcurtain, and an enlarged bead on a lateral edge of the shower bathcurtain, said bead being of a width greater lthan the slot and disposedin the channel member.

6. A guarded shower bath curtain installation,

, e 9,040,0c1 eral edges thereon deilnlng a narrow longitudilcomprising'v an elongated hollow member secured to a wall, alongitudinal slot in the member, a shower bath curtain, and an enlargedbead on the edge of the curtain, said bead being of greater width thanthe slot, and disposed in the hollow member with the curtain extendingthrough the slot. 7. A guarded shower bath curtain installation,comprising an elongated channel member secured to a wall and having anarrow longitudinal slot on its outer face, a shower bath curtain, and abead on the lateral edge of the curtain` having a greater width than theslot and'adapted to be received within the member with the curtainextending through the slot, the slot in the member being shorter thanthe bead in the curtain to enable ready insertion and withdrawal of thebead in the curtain.

8. A guarded shower bath curtain installation, comprising an elongatedchannel member secured to a. wall and having a narrow longitudinal sloton its outer face, a shower bath curtain,

and a bead on the lateral edge of the curtain having a greater widththan the slot and adapted toA be received within the member with thecurtain extending through the slot, the member being secured to the wallwith one end thereof spaced from the corresponding end of the curtain tofacilitate insertion and withdrawal of the bead from that end of thecurtain.

JOSEPH A. HOEGGER, Sn.

